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Mathematics (MATH)
202 Fenton, 541-346-4705
College of Arts & Sciences
Course Data
  MATH 105   + Dis >4 0.00 cr.
Topics include logic, sets and counting, probability, and statistics. Instructors may include historical context of selected topics and applications to finance and biology.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Instructor: Tingey C Office:   333A Tykeson Hall
Phone:   (541) 346-0982
Office Hours: 1100 - 1150 MTWRF  
See CRN for CommentsPrereqs/Comments: Prereq: MATH 101 or satisfactory placement test score.
Course Materials
 
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21357 0 30 1300-1350 w 301 UNIV Tingey C !
 
Associated Sections

Lecture

21351 7 148 1200-1320 tr 110 FEN Tingey C !
Academic Deadlines
Deadline     Last day to:
January 2:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
January 8:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 8:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
January 9:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
January 9:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
January 10:   Add this course
January 10:   Last day to change to or from audit
January 16:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
January 16:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
January 23:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
January 23:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
January 30:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
January 30:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
February 20:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
March 13:   Change grading option for this course
Caution You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day.

Expanded Course Description
The course currently uses a custom edition of "Mathematics: A Practical Odyssey" by Johnson and Mowry. The full edition may be purchased and used in class, but students should know that the full edition may not match up well with the content and questions in the current text. This course will cover topics from Chapters 5, 7, 8, and 10.

The course begins with a development of deductive reasoning and validity of arguments. The reasoning skills are built as the topics move into basic set knowledge and operations. These ideas of set properties are expanded as counting (combinatorics) is covered in many settings. Combinatorics comes in extremely handy for counting the number of ways certain events will occur, which leads right into the next topic - probability. Probability starts with basic knowledge and builds into ideas like conditional probability, expected value, independence, and may include some applications into medical testing. Once the idea of chance is explored, statistics look at probability distributions - mainly focusing on the normal distribution and applications of it. There are some extensions into inferential statistics with margin of error and possibly confidence intervals and/or introductory hypothesis testing.

These topics fit in nicely with extensions into gambling probabilities and links to casino games. Looking at statistics on expected value and variance may help illustrate why it is possible to win at casinos, but highly unlikely in most games (the profit made by casinos is a major reason they are so beautiful). The logic is a theme throughout and formulas and memorization are not emphasized; the goal of the course is to begin to think and reason mathematically in many areas. Algebra and algebraic properties are extremely helpful and it is strongly advised that students have recently taken Math 095 Intermediate Algebra or an equivalent. A readiness quiz may be given the first week to determine your knowledge of the prerequisites and your math preparedness for the course.

This course is in the Math 105-106-107 sequence, and will fulfill the Bachelor of Science requirements (or possibly science group requirements), but the courses are not built upon one another and may be taken out of order. Math 106 is strongly encouraged to be taken after Math 105 because of the finance implications.

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